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Victoria is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hackney. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns three councillors to Hackney London Borough Council.

Hackney council elections since 2014

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2014.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.

2022 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Joseph	1,888	36.56	10.44
	Labour	Claudia Turbet-Delof	1,539	29.80	17.20
	Labour	Penny Wrout	1,459	28.25	14.25
	Liberal Democrats	Helen June Baxter	447	8.66	7.48
	Green	Rolf Dekker	545	10.56	3.82
	Green	Sandra McLeod	678	13.13	1.25
	Green	Wendy Robinson	477	9.24	0.40
	Conservative	Monika Hoppe-Krajewska	284	5.50	0.23
	Conservative	Leijla Softic	236	4.57	1.16
	TUSC	Jamie B Barber	89	1.72	4.28
	TUSC	Margaret Rose Trotter	104	2.02	4.73
Turnout			5,165	33.02	0.54
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

After voting against the party whip on a motion relating to a ceasefire to the Israel–Hamas war, the three Labour Party councillors were suspended and then resigned to form an independent group.

2018 by-election

In October, a by-election was announced due to the resignation of Olumuyiwa Alexander Kuye following health issues. On 18 October 2018, Labour successfully defended Victoria against the Conservative candidate, who was a former Councillor for Lea Bridge during the Conservative high tide in 1968.

2018 Victoria by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Penny Wrout	1,311	57.4	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Pippa Morgan	436	19.1	27.6
	Green	Wendy Robinson	296	12.9	3.7
	Conservative	Christopher Sills	148	6.5	8.5
	Women's Equality	Harini Iyengar	84	3.7
Turnout			2,284	25.0	9.6
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.

2018 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Hanson	2,271	56.81	1.57
	Labour	Clare Joseph	1,880	47.00	7.28
	Labour	Olumuyiwa Alexander Kuye	1,709	42.80	7.86
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffry William Gabbott-Rolph	270	6.75	2.40
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Lynn James	299	7.48	2.58
	Conservative	Salma Lunat	229	5.73	1.57
	Conservative	John Alexander Wilson Moir	212	5.30	1.80
	Conservative	Susan Jane Moir	210	5.25	1.27
	Green	Sandra Jean McLeod	575	14.38	2.48
	Green	Liam Ben Palmer	302	7.56	7.88
	Green	Wendy Louise Robinson	385	9.64	5.44
	Liberal Democrats	David Alexander George Sommer	160	4.00	1.00
Turnout			4,000	34.6	0.54
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.

2014 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Will Brett	2,096	55.24	1.67
	Labour	Katie Hanson	2,059	54.28	0.71
	Labour	Geoff Taylor	1,921	50.66	3.79
	Green	Helen Fiona Roberts	640	16.86	3.58
	Green	Zoe Hall	586	15.44	2.84
	Green	Wendy Louise Robinson	572	15.08	7.08
	Conservative	Winifred Saunders	278	7.33	5.91
	Conservative	Shahi Dewan	269	7.10	4.20
	UKIP	Sheila Priest	256	6.75	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Lynn James	186	4.90	15.27
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Francis Gaskin	165	4.35	12.90
	Conservative	Rumi Begum	151	3.98	9.68
	Liberal Democrats	Theodore Jacobson	114	3.00	15.54
Turnout			3,797	37.98	19.02
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2014 Hackney council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 2002.

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.

2010 Hackney London Borough Council election:Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Hanson	2,873	53.57	6.67
	Labour	Daniel Kemp	2,641	49.26	8.36
	Labour	Geoff Taylor	2,305	43.00	7.81
	Green	Kate Ellen Charteris	707	13.18	7.92
	Conservative	Graeme Ernest Barclay Archer	710	13.24	0.56
	Conservative	Tony Burkson	683	12.74
	Green	Paul Homer	533	9.94
	Green	Morgan Hope Phillips	453	8.45
	Liberal Democrats	Heather James	1,288	24.02	5.72
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Jordan	994	18.54
	Liberal Democrats	Geraint Rees	729	13.60
	Conservative	Winifred Saunders	500	9.32
Majority			232
Majority			336
Majority			630
Turnout			5,362	57.00	23.00
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.

2006 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Hanson	1,425	46.9	2.7
	Labour	Daniel Kemp	1,396
	Labour	Geoffrey Taylor	1,290
	Green	Tumble Bone	641	21.1	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Horowitz	555	18.3	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Jackson	475
	Conservative	Graeme Archer	419	13.8	0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Round	415
	Conservative	Keith Pannell	376
	Conservative	Steven Farquhar	311
Turnout			8,089	34.0	0.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. {

2002 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Kemp	1,354	49.6	2.0
	Labour	Muriel Purkiss	1,305
	Labour	Geoffrey Taylor	1,236
	Liberal Democrats	Witman Laryea	533	19.5	28.1
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Hyman	522
	Liberal Democrats	Mahmood Bham	434
	Green	Emma Sheppard	409	15.0	12.0
	Conservative	Harold Symons	298	10.9	5.3
	Conservative	Frances Brotzel	242
	Conservative	Naphtali Tiefenbrun	201
	CPA	William Thompson	135	4.9
Turnout			3,797	31.4	4.1
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Hackney council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Hackney in 1978. There was a significant change to the ward boundaries in 1994 when Victoria Park was brought fully into Tower Hamlets, however as this area was unpopulated it made no change to the electorate.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.

1998 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Hyman	1,046	47.6	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia McGuiness (Ms.)	994
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Montgomery	980
	Labour	Jason Cox	965	43.9	0.1
	Labour	Geoffrey Horn	897
	Labour	Faizullah Khan	847
	Conservative	Barbara Campbell (Ms.)	122	5.6	2.1
	Conservative	Patricia Bignell (Ms.)	109
	Conservative	Doris E. Snelgrove (Ms.)	81
	BNP	Victor J. Dooley	65	3.0
Turnout			6,366	35.5	5.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.

1994 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine P. Courtney	1,332	48.3	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Howard Hyman	1,300
	Liberal Democrats	Celya A. Maxted	1,233
	Labour	Mavis McCullum	1,214	44.0	3.6
	Labour	Lewis Goldberg	1,213
	Labour	Abdul G. Mulla	1,140
	Conservative	Gavin G. Gardiner	213	7.7	7.7
	Conservative	Marion R.A. Desmond	196
	Conservative	Nick C.C. Tang	153
Turnout			7,003	40.9	7.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

1991 by-election

The by-election took place on 14 March 1991, following the disqualification of Ali Uddin.

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.

1990 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David A. Bell	1,306	41.8	19.1
	Labour	Lewis Goldberg	1,188
	Labour	Ali M.B. Uddin	997
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth K. Balfour	708	22.7	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah G. Turner	569
	Liberal Democrats	Mark N. Smulian	539
	Green	Leonard Lucas	525	16.8	16.8
	Conservative	Derek Mahoney	482	15.4	7.9
	Conservative	Cheuk C. Tang	414
	Conservative	Michael Trend	409
	Communist	Patricia F. Turnbull	101	3.2	3.2
Turnout			8,003	33.7	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.

1986 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edith Edwards	1,180	33.9	13.6
	Labour	Medlin Lewis	1,147
	Labour	Adrienne Morgan	1,106
	SDP	Louise J. Baird	888	25.5	1.3
	SDP	Robert H. Ansell	862
	Alliance	Luke J. Maughan-Pawsey	818	23.5	23.5
	Conservative	Valerie A. Brown	591	17.0	6.6
	Conservative	Leigh M. Kershaw	566
	Conservative	James A. Baker	547
Turnout			7,726	36.2	1.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.

1982 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Andrews (Ms.)	1,195	47.5	11.2
	Labour	C. Cable	1,129
	Labour	S. Shaikh	1,042
	SDP	R. Moore	674	26.8	15.6
	SDP	L. Baird (Ms.)	664
	SDP	R. Saoul	598
	Conservative	M. Brown	595	23.6	−2.3
	Conservative	H. Symons	520
	Conservative	J. Warner (Ms.)	505
	Workers Revolutionary	P. Curtis	52	2.1	2.1
Turnout			7,755	33.3	4.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.

1978 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael J. Andrews	1,773	58.7	8.7
	Labour	Joannie A. Andrews	1,693
	Labour	Fitzherbert Harewood	1,642
	Conservative	David Mumford	704	23.3	9.3
	Conservative	Iris Wicks	686
	Conservative	Harold Symons	684
	National Front	Peter Harwood	338	11.2	11.2
	National Front	William G. Sullivan	258
	National Front	Florence Ody	244
	Liberal	Joan M.W. Bailey	203	6.7	6.7
	Liberal	Lionel Okun	129
	Liberal	Irving Savitt	113
Turnout			8,317	37.9	10.7
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Hackney council elections

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Victoria ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.

1974 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. E. Kelly	1,734	76.0	6.1
	Labour	F. H. Harewood	1,712	75.1
	Labour	Joannie A. Andrews	1,684	73.6
	Liberal	R. A. King	311	13.6	13.6
	Liberal	J. J. E. Ludwig	295	12.9
	Liberal	W. G. Wintle	278	12.1
	Conservative	W. G. Julian	238	10.4	3.6
	Conservative	W. H. Stracey	197	8.3
	Conservative	I. R. Wicks	185	7.8
Turnout			2,281	27.2	6.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1973 by-election

The by-election took place on 14 June 1973.

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.

1971 Hackney London Borough Council election: Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. Kelly	2,413	82.1	32.5
	Labour	J. Evans	2,397	81.4
	Labour	J. Dunning	2,314	78.8
	Conservative	N. Loweth	412	14.0	3.3
	Conservative	T. Phillips	397	13.5
	Conservative	W. White	384	13.1
	Communist	M. Kolander	115	3.9	2.6
Turnout			2,938	34.0	19.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.

1968 Hackney London Borough Council election Victoria (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Ward	747	49.6	18.5
	Labour	S. Kelly	738
	Labour	S. Warne	728
	Conservative	F. Perry	647	43.0	28.3
	Conservative	A. Seaman	623
	Conservative	R. Seaman (Ms.)	603
	Communist	M. Kolander	111	7.4	0.9
Turnout			1,494	6.6	46.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.

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• Wards of the London Borough of Hackney
• 1965 establishments in England
• Constituencies established in 1965